(1) A work support payment may be provided to a TANF cash assistance household to assist with employment related needs, the month following the month of case closure. Issuance of a work support payment is dependent on available funding. A work support payment is limited to the amount of $375.

(2) An assistance unit is eligible to receive a work support payment when:

(a) the assistance unit is losing TANF cash assistance eligibility due to new or increased earnings from employment and the new or increased earned income was:

(i) reported within ten calendar days of the participant's knowledge of the change; and

(ii) verified within ten calendar days from the request for verification; and

(b) the assistance unit has not received a work support payment in the prior 12 months.